Rapier, the swept hilt composed of an oviform pommel with button; spirally fluted, brass, wire-bound grip; knuckle-guard with two loop branches connecting with the hilt-arms, that on the inside dividing into three; straight crossguard of circular section swelling slightly towards the ends; large hilt-arms, and triple bars on the outer side. The whole decorated with interlaced oval, piqué ribands containing quatrefoils encrusted in silver on a russeted ground originally gilt, traces of gilding remaining on the inner faces; the pommel decorated en suite. Double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, the single flute, at the forte incised:

∙ IOHANNES ∙ / ∙ ME ∙ FECIT ∙

The central groove is continued up the ricasso.

Blades inscribed with various spellings of the name Iohannes are legion. In the form in which it appears here, it occurs on a sword in the Musée de l' Armée, Paris, no. J117, and a two-handed sword at Bern, no. 210.

Very similar decoration occurs on the sword hilt of A560, on the dagger hilts A788 and 800, and on a sword hilt formerly in the Estruch collection (cat. no. 944, PI. XXXIX).